diff --git a/src/context.ts b/src/context.ts
index ad50da6d..f35ed5f4 100644
--- a/src/context.ts
+++ b/src/context.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import * as github from '@actions/github';
 import {GitHub} from './github';
 
 export class Context {
-  private static readonly _tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'docker-actions-toolkit-'));
+  private static readonly _tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(process.env.RUNNER_TEMP || os.tmpdir(), 'docker-actions-toolkit-'));
 
   public static tmpDir(): string {
     return Context._tmpDir;